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there is no quick fix for healthcare, mental healthcare, claims, anything else. there is the need for a persistent drive, a driving agenda when the secretary and his team comes to work every day determined as you are, sir, to make a difference as best as you can. i'm disturbed by the fact that the very promising va joining with d.o.d. on i.t. and other things which was quite vibrant seven or eight years ago has now been called off. and i want to ask why and at what price do we pay or what can be done. i would say to my friends on this committee that we are very lucky to serve here. i've been on here every year that i've ever been on the senate which some may think is one or two but actually is 28 years. and it's a proud, proud service. so in west virginia we have many veterans. everybody does. the work is powerful in its policy and powerful in it's poignancy. i commend you for the work you've done but i still have questions to ask. thank you. >> mr. chairman, thank you and thank you for calling this hearing on this budget request. mr. secretary, it's good to see
there is no quick fix for healthcare, mental healthcare, claims, anything else. there is the need for a persistent drive, a driving agenda when the secretary and his team comes to work every day determined as you are, sir, to make a difference as best as you can. i'm disturbed by the fact that the very promising va joining with d.o.d. on i.t. and other things which was quite vibrant seven or eight years ago has now been called off. and i want to ask why and at what price do we pay or what can...
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i'm a healthcare professional. i don't understand how these pharmacies were able to manufacture these compounds and then transport them across state lines. who was watching them? when i moved to a different state, i have to appeal to that board and i have to get a license to practice. how is it that these pharmacies are sending these medications out-of-state and causing all this chaos and hurt to these people? i don't understand. that's a good question, something that the fda, particularly the commissioner has called a new kind of gray area. not necessarily that they weren't aware of what is happening -- maybe they knew how .arge it was becoming it's something that they are now trying to get under control, call a third area of not drug making a not compounding, but something that needs to be regulated in a different way. then there are others who think -- republicans think it is plain drug making and needs to be regulated as strictly as drug czar. -- drugs are. a caller on our line for republicans. go ahead. actual
i'm a healthcare professional. i don't understand how these pharmacies were able to manufacture these compounds and then transport them across state lines. who was watching them? when i moved to a different state, i have to appeal to that board and i have to get a license to practice. how is it that these pharmacies are sending these medications out-of-state and causing all this chaos and hurt to these people? i don't understand. that's a good question, something that the fda, particularly the...
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life blood of the healthcare. e had several hearings a few weeks ago on trying to identify ways where the food and drug their branch , that approves devices, are they being helpful or hurtful with apps that are being developed for smart phones. ou can get an app that can do an e.k.g. or will be able to continually senses blood sugar levels. his is the wave of the future is personalized care, elf-directed care that makes the care more in line with what the patient needs. is for the money to follow the patient. no one ever really discussed the sentinel problem that existed the cost.s savings d a health account over 10 years. it is a much lower cost premium ut you have to have the discipline to put those dollars into a savings account that you your healthcare needs in the future. that is an extremely intelligent a young ially for person to go about approaching to r work life and had you prepare for the for the. we never developed -- mitch in indiana had set up he healthy indiana program for state employees and it is
life blood of the healthcare. e had several hearings a few weeks ago on trying to identify ways where the food and drug their branch , that approves devices, are they being helpful or hurtful with apps that are being developed for smart phones. ou can get an app that can do an e.k.g. or will be able to continually senses blood sugar levels. his is the wave of the future is personalized care, elf-directed care that makes the care more in line with what the patient needs. is for the money to...
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what about healthcare? those are very important issues but don't you think there is one central issue that can solve all our other problems and we should tackle the first? you may be thinking, what might the big issue be? want to think about it, it is simple. what can give kids the knowledge they need to solve these problems? >> public-school education in this country has taken a backseat to other concerns. that hurt us badly at the nation. one of the things that has made us so competitive throughout the years we have been america is the fact that we have had public-school education. many countries do not invest in that. so it is an investment in our future. >> sometimes outcomes are not what we want. >> we have seen through current research that in large, the u.s. educational system is failing. we have seen successes in the california and massachusetts systems. laggia, we consistently behind. i think the president and congress could do a better job of issuing national standards. however, our current idea o
what about healthcare? those are very important issues but don't you think there is one central issue that can solve all our other problems and we should tackle the first? you may be thinking, what might the big issue be? want to think about it, it is simple. what can give kids the knowledge they need to solve these problems? >> public-school education in this country has taken a backseat to other concerns. that hurt us badly at the nation. one of the things that has made us so...
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number three, healthcare disparities. number four, the criminal justice system and violence in our community. and number five, voting rights. we are working together on a draft plan that we hope to have before august 28 of this year. but in the short run i want to give you four things that president obama has proposed that can help move our agenda forward. number one is the american jobs act, which the president re- proposed at his state of the union address. number two is the promised neighborhood concept, which the president also proposed and will be incorporated into his budget that will be released on wednesday of this coming week. number three is the concept of early childhood education for all of our children. [applause] notwe expect it will be only an idea but also a way to finance it in the president's budget. number four is this idea that we need gun safety legislation and we need it now. [applause] and we have to confront the obstructionist. the last thing i want to share, because time is short, is that this com
number three, healthcare disparities. number four, the criminal justice system and violence in our community. and number five, voting rights. we are working together on a draft plan that we hope to have before august 28 of this year. but in the short run i want to give you four things that president obama has proposed that can help move our agenda forward. number one is the american jobs act, which the president re- proposed at his state of the union address. number two is the promised...
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to be at a decent wage and have some sort of opportunity for a retirement and vacation and maybe a healthcare plan. you are correct that we are not providing that for them. there is a real social danger happening in america from that unemployment. >> senator, i think the question is who benefits? i'm not sure i would like to have my own time for going through every discrete item. there are a lot of working parts. it would take months to even absorb attempt of of what is going on. as a major restructuring of our country. it is devastating over there. not just from the unemployment. in our hearings at the civil rights commission, we focused on the effect of immigration on blacks and other low skilled workers. they dealt with employment, but there is a cascade effect that went into incarceration rates and single-family rates and all of the other pathologies that come from those other issues. >> i think you are exactly correct. a professor has written about the incarceration rates and poverty. we think that is true. let's consider this situation. a job opens up. first, in the last month, labor st
to be at a decent wage and have some sort of opportunity for a retirement and vacation and maybe a healthcare plan. you are correct that we are not providing that for them. there is a real social danger happening in america from that unemployment. >> senator, i think the question is who benefits? i'm not sure i would like to have my own time for going through every discrete item. there are a lot of working parts. it would take months to even absorb attempt of of what is going on. as a...
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to be at a decent wage and have some sort of opportunity for a retirement and vacation and maybe a healthcare plan. you are correct that we are not providing that for them. there is a real social danger happening in america from that unemployment. >> senator, i think the question is who benefits? i'm not sure i would like to have my own time for going through every discrete item. there are a lot of working parts. it would take months to even absorb attempt of of what is going on. as a major restructuring of our country. it is devastating over there. not just from the unemployment. in our hearings at the civil rights commission, we focused on the effect of immigration on blacks and other low skilled workers. they dealt with employment, but there is a cascade effect that went into incarceration rates and single-family rates and all of the other pathologies that come from those other issues. >> i think you are exactly correct. a professor has written about the incarceration rates and poverty. we think that is true. let's consider this situation. a job opens up. first, in the last month, labor st
to be at a decent wage and have some sort of opportunity for a retirement and vacation and maybe a healthcare plan. you are correct that we are not providing that for them. there is a real social danger happening in america from that unemployment. >> senator, i think the question is who benefits? i'm not sure i would like to have my own time for going through every discrete item. there are a lot of working parts. it would take months to even absorb attempt of of what is going on. as a...
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we will talk with jenny gold of about thecare -- healthcare exchanges. anthony costello will be joining us for bloomberg government to talk about oil and gas tax breaks. ,hat is all tomorrow morning 7:00 eastern. 4:00 for those of you on the west post. -- coast. have a great week ahead. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> today, our "newsmakers" program with luis gutierrez. then the gang of eight top about immigration reform. then the senate judiciary committee talk about the immigration proposal. >> luis gutierrez and a member of the game of a working on immigration in the house. to reporters to help us with questions. >> this is probably an easy one. you
we will talk with jenny gold of about thecare -- healthcare exchanges. anthony costello will be joining us for bloomberg government to talk about oil and gas tax breaks. ,hat is all tomorrow morning 7:00 eastern. 4:00 for those of you on the west post. -- coast. have a great week ahead. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> today, our "newsmakers" program with luis gutierrez. then the gang of eight...